Monster Trucks can't Swim!!

[DarthRacer]

To top off a bad day at work, I did something stupid while bashinf my Savage on my lunch break.

I was on a construction site that has a lot of mud an puddles at one side. There is a small puddle between the mud and the stony area. I drove my Savage through the puddle thinking i'll just get it wet. Well, it turned out to be over 6 inches deep!! I soaked my Savage!! I found out the Savage cannot swim!!! As you can guess this stallled the engine.

When I checked it out, I had water in the pipe and water in my carb!! I drained the water, run fuel through the carb and forced the water out the glow plug hole. I was actually able to start it back up, whew.

Don't drive through puddles you dont know the depth of!!!

 

[mcvickj]

Man that sucks. Did you make sure to get all of the water out of your electronics? Or do you have em waterproofed?

 

[chewyboy]

just to be safe when you get home buy an extra can of wd40, tear your engine off and down and soak that sucker big time. it will be a bit hard to start next time but should help if any water got in places it should not have.

 

[DarthRacer]

No, my servos are only partially water-proofed. I guess I better check them out!!

 

[Alein]

Was the water all muddy. If it was I would take it and strip the engine right down and clean it all out. If you got any muddy water in thorough the exhaust you'll be screwed(not in a good way either). Only takes a small particle of grit to write the engine off.

 

[pissant]

man that sucks, thanks though so i will know not to go through mud puddles without checking:cross:

 

[DarthRacer]

well, you guys probably won't believe it, but after sucking in dirty/muddy water, there is not a spec of dirt inside my S-25!! I took it apart tonight to inspect and clean it. Remember, I told you all that after it happened I drained the water out, then filled the carb with fuel and tugged the pull-start to blow the fuel out the glow plug hole. I did this several times. It seemed to have worked!! Well now is a good time to seal the backplate and carb.

 

[mcvickj]

Sounds like you dodged a bullet.